Expansive bracelet.



PATENTED APR. 19, 1904.

B M I BAU c N M mw a .SW m SNI m An N MUM E P P A UNITED STATES Patented April 19, 1904 PATENT O FIC IEXPANSIVE BRACELET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 57,772, dated April 19, 1904.

Application filed June 16, 1903.

To all whom it mayconcern: 7

' Be it known that I, MILTON SIMON RoDEN- lannoga citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county of New York 5 and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Expansive Bracelets, of which the following is a specification;

My invention is designed for the production of an improved expansible bracelet, girdle, or

the like adapted to be placed upon the wrist or other part of ithe body and cling tightly vices which have preceded it, but which has the advantage thereover of simplicity and 2 cheapness of construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind in which the expansiblc elements between the sections are completely hidden from view and which are effectually protected from wear and breakage.

3 fication, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bracelet constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear or inner face view of a series of the sections of which the bracelet is made. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of the bracelet, partly in section, Fig.

4; is a sectional side elevation of the same, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the bracelet, also on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 6 is a detailed perspective view .4 of the connecting-link between two of the sections and the spring which acts upon the same. Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

My improved bracelet or girdle is made up of an endless series of sections 1, connected to each other by the pivoted links 2, each section comprising a head and a tailpiece, the said head of each section overlapping the tailpiece ofthe adjacent section. The lower or inner 5 face of the head of each of the sections 1 is Serial No. 161,698. (No model.)

formed with a recess 3 for the reception of the.

. the reception of the outwardly-extending end 5 of a coil-spring 6. The link 2 is formed on one side with an elongated sleeve or pivot-bearing 7 and on its opposite side with two sleeves or pivot-bearings 8 in line with each other. The two pivot-bearings 8 are formed by cutting away the body of the link 2, forming a recess 9, in which the spring 6 is seated. Pivots 10 and 11 extend through the bearings 7 and 8 into the rear end of one of the sections 1 and into the forward end of the adjacent or overlapping section. Both pivots 10 and 11 extend transversely of the bracelet, and the latter pivot is located within the recess 3, heretofore referred to. 'When the parts as thus described are in place, the outwardlyextending end 5 of the spring 6 is located within the socket 4, and the outwardly-extending end 12 of said spring 6 is seated beneath the flattened portion of the link 2 adjacent to the pivot-bearing 7. The result is that the spring 6 acts to maintain the link 2 in a position within the recess. All of the parts which go to make up the connection between two adjacent sections are therefore inclosed within and housed and protected by one of said sections. The spring 6 may yield, however, upon outward pressure being applied to the series of sections, the result being that the link 2 is moved downwardly upon its two pivots 10 and 11, separating the sections 1 and acting against the tension of the spring 6. The bracelet as a whole may thus be readily expanded by merely applying outward pressure thereto. When this pressure is relieved, the bracelet immediately assumes its contracted condition owing to the action of the springs 6 through the other connections described.

It will of course be understood that the spring 6 surrounds the pivot 11 and that the sections 1 of the bracelet may be of any ornamental shape that may be desired.

Having now described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An expansible bracelet consisting of an endless series of overlapping connected sections, each section comprising a head and a tailpiece, the head of one section overlapping the tailpiece of an adjacent section, a link pivotally connected at its opposite ends respectively to the head of one section and the tailpiece of an adjacent section, and springs acting upon said heads and links for normally holding the sections in close overlapping con tact and for maintaining the bracelet in its contracted condition.

2. An expansible bracelet consisting of a series of overlapping connected sections, each section comprising a head and a tailpiece and each head being formed with a recess in its lower face, connecting-links each pivotally connected at its opposite ends respectively to the head of one section and the tailpiece of the adjacent section, said links normally lying in the recesses in the heads, and springs acting upon said heads and links for normally holding the sections in close overlapping contact and for maintaining the bracelet in its con ots of said links extending transverselyof the bracelet and some of them lying within the recesses, and coil-springs surrounding the latter pivots and each provided with outwardly-extending ends, one of said ends of each spring being seated in the socket in each recessed head and the other end acting upon a link, substantially as described.

4. An expansion-bracelet comprising a series of overlapping sections, links each pivotally connected at its opposite ends respectively to adjacent sections, and a spring acting upon each link to normally maintain the bracelet in its contracted condition.

5. An expansion-bracelet comprising a series of overlapping sections, each section comprising an annular ring-like body, and foldable links forming pivotal connections between the said sections.

6. An expansible bracelet comprising a series of overlapping annular ring-like sections, foldable links pivotallyconnecting the sections, and springs acting upon the links to normally maintain the bracelet in its contracted condition.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 10th day of June, A. D. 1903.

MILTON SIMON RODENBERG. Witnesses:

W. E..SMITH, A. STETSON. 

